# Wait ... Bowling For Soup got nominated for a GRAMMY?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 25, 2007, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-bowling-for-soup-got-nominated-for-a-grammy/409294 "2007-06-25T06:15:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-bowling-for-soup-got-nominated-for-a-grammy/409294/1 "2007-06-25T06:15:44Z")

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At least that’s [what it says on their Wikipedia entry](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowling_For_Soup#Trivia). I like BFS, and the song in question (“[Girl All the Bad Guys Want](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKzgmwiAb88),” nominated in 2003 for “Best Pop Performance by a Group or Duo”) is pretty cool, above-average pop-punk. And the video is a hilarious send-up of Staind–click the link. I like its gently mocking tone, and I’ve always appreciated BFS’ sense of humor.  
But still . . . a _Grammy?!_  
Is there a back story to this? Was it some kinda fluke? Where they considered a joke nomination? I mean, what the hell?

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**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-bowling-for-soup-got-nominated-for-a-grammy/409294/2 "2007-06-25T16:08:03Z")

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. . . and this thread got not a single post.

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**Author:** ![Sam\_Lowry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Sam\_Lowry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Lowry)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-bowling-for-soup-got-nominated-for-a-grammy/409294/3 "2007-06-25T19:09:27Z")

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I think the Grammies are the least respected major award show currently. Look at any year and you’ll see questionable nominations and wins. This past year, The Black Eyed Peas won a Grammy for “My Humps,” a song which many people will agree is catchy, but not that good of a song.

I smile when a band I like wins a Grammy, but I don’t put much stock into the award.

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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-bowling-for-soup-got-nominated-for-a-grammy/409294/4 "2007-06-25T21:10:22Z")

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Hey, I’m still coping over Eminem winning an Oscar.